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Bought this frameset at a swap last weekend. Frame is from 91 and originally had a full Built it up with all these cool parts I had laying around. Managed to fit 28mm tires and it rides really nice. Love turning these old race frames into randos

This

Here's a pristine survivor Specialized Sirrus I rebuilt and sold for a neighbor. Nothing special but completely original except for the wear items

Posted in different thread but I'm having sellers regret/nostalgia so here it is again.

Found on the side of the road and built up with Nitto stem/bars, converted to 700c, and geared it down. It rode really nicely and I'm wondering why I ever sold it.

Honestly there's no difference. The shifters were cheap friction shifters on bikes weighing 45 lbs. Any half-decent rider on this forum pedals their bike more than not, and it turns out that pedaling while shifting is a pretty easy skill to learn, so much so that most riders don't think about it.

Shimano Front Freewheel System (FFS)

This aptly-acronymic system included a fixed rear gear cluster and a crank-mounted freewheel. This made it so the drive train was always in motion whenever the bike was in motion. The idea was so that a rider could shift while coasting, but maybe having the chainrings always spinning during the time of bootcut and bellbottom pants wasn't the best idea. Most common on old Schwinns.

I'll throw a couple more on here:
Shimano Positron: the original index shifting for the masses (ignoring Sturmey Archer et al) where a solid metal wire both pushed and pulled the springless rear derailleur.

This cool system is the bane of shop mechanics who have to explain that, yes, the customer will have to replace the entire shifting because parts don't exist and no, we can't just "throw a cable on it"

Was gonna put this in the Curious Components thread but felt it didn't actually belong there, maybe its already been posted here seeing as though its a year old. Let's call it an artisanal hack.

Chapman playing around with left over Mafac Racers
https://www.instagram.com/p/B0jQNj2lDpd/

https://road.cc/content/feature/retro-l-shaped-cranks-bad-idea-just-wont-die-181256

Before Rotor over-engineered their little mistake, L cranks were all the rage for power transfer (although unlike the Rotor cranks, these INARGUABLY didn't work)

Trust me it's no bargain. Heavy heavy steel frame, bottom bracket shits the bed within a month and the hubs soon follow. The "regular" wheels break spokes like crazy. I had one come into my shop with 8 broken spokes between the two wheels. We told the customer to just get new wheels.

Uploading my own way-too-hipster hybrid.

Surly Pack Rat built with Suntour XC Pro 8-speed index shifting, formerly NOS Michelin WildGrippers, a nice heavy duty rack, and some cool odds and ends.

For sale on the local classifieds

There's a guy a city over from me in the US who makes these horrid circa 2004 style fixies with flashy colors, heavy china aerospoks, cheap cheap tires, and stupid tall gear ratios. He posts them all on his insta and actually thinks they look good. The insta is (at)madeit4ya and all of his "work" is there.

Yeah gotta agree with others, its not your bike. Unless the bike is literally unlocked and thrown on the street or a bin, don't touch it.

Love the color coordination. Great build!

I think it's honestly a great bike. Horizontal drop outs for easy SS, short top tube make it good for either drop bars or risers w/long stem. Common seatpost, common headset, common everything. It's possible one of the best all-rounder bikes.
My only real qualms with it are tire clearance. I guess at least one of my bikes has to be sensible.

Impulse bought a Pack Rat frameset because qbp is getting rid of the poor discontinued line. Built it up with some 90s mtb inspiration.

Built up this '85 Cannondale SR-something as a rgr with Dura Ace running gear, Ultergra brakes, 600 Tricolor hubs and other cool trendy bits. Very fun to ride. Only fits 25c tires but thats alright.

Honestly I had no idea why he did a bike on that atrocity. It looks like shit

It's questionable because the Monkeylites were clamped too tight and kinda cracked the bars but its fiiine

This bike was basically a "how cheaply can I build a bike without spending a single dime?"

Started out life as a big box cruiser. Swapped the fork for a stock '84 Stumpjumper fork that someone had "converted" (read: hacked) to threadless, used some questionable Monkeylites, an old Turbo saddle, and some beefy old mtb tires that weren't good for real riding. Spaced a freewheel rear wheel to 120 and dished it out, and bodged an American-to-Euro bb adapter and a loose bearing bb. Finished it off with a trendy rattlecan paintjob.

Believe it or not that's mostly stock down to the Brooks saddle.
Fuji really wanted to capitalized on the fixie craze and came up with... that.
It retailed for 1400 usd back in 2008

Bridgestone 500 I picked up and slapped 32mm Gravelkings on. Anything can be a gravel bike if you put a big enough tire on it.

My ratty SS MB5. Been using this for 20-mile ss "touring" and single track

Being sold on my local classifieds. It almost looks like a cartoon.

Sunlite. Super cheap and pretty durable